A NSW teachers’ union has called on the Government to take “decisive” action to prevent clusters of COVID-19 transmission in schools.

Schools across Australia are being invited to lend a helping hand to feed hungry students, as more families reach out for food relief this year.

Tens of thousands of Australian teens have lost their jobs, pocket money and even their mobile phones, according to a new survey on the financial effects of COVID-19.

The merging of schools is an all too common fact of life for many communities, and while tumultuous and stressful at the time, handled sensitively and positively, it’s hoped that the emergent school can quickly forge onward and upward.

Carol Mutch, professor of Critical Studies in Education at the University of Auckland, has spent years researching the role of schools in disaster response and recovery. She spoke with EducationHQ on how school leaders can look after their staff and students during a crisis.

School-aged children who are blind or have low vision have until now been badly let down by a system geared to the mainstream.

Every learner that enters the classroom comes with a virtual school bag crammed with a potent assortment of rich knowledge, religious identities and spiritual understandings – and they shouldn’t have to discard this toolkit at the school gate, Dylan Chown believes.

With most teachers now familiar with delivering lessons online, where’s the silver bullet to lift jaded students’ engagement with their learning and ensure knowledge sticks? Could online gamification principles help?